Yu Luo

10.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
157 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Yu Luo is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Luo has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Soil Science, 65 papers in Ecology and 39 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Yu Luo's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (102 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (51 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (18 papers). Yu Luo is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (102 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (51 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (18 papers). Yu Luo collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Germany. Yu Luo's co-authors include Philip C. Brookes, Jianming Xu, Yakov Kuzyakov, Mark Durenkamp, Maria De Nobili, Tida Ge, Q. Lin, Yongfu Li, Lukas Van Zwieten and Zhenke Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, ACS Nano and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yu Luo

150 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

2021 619 citations Lukas Van Zwieten, Yakov Kuzyakov et al. profile →
Short term soil priming effects and the mineralisation of biochar following its incorporation to soils of different pH

2011 533 citations Yu Luo, Mark Durenkamp et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Competitive interaction with keystone taxa induced negative priming under biochar amendments

2019 268 citations Chao Liang, Yu Luo et al. profile →
Microbial community succession in soil is mainly driven by carbon and nitrogen contents rather than phosphorus and sulphur contents

2023 108 citations Yu Luo, Yakov Kuzyakov et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Formation of soil organic carbon pool is regulated by the structure of dissolved organic matter and microbial carbon pump efficacy: A decadal study comparing different carbon management strategies

2023 89 citations Yalan Chen, Zhangliu Du et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Drivers of microbially and plant‐derived carbon in topsoil and subsoil

2023 88 citations Yakov Kuzyakov, Yu Luo et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Luo China	52	4.7k	2.4k	2.1k	1.0k	1.0k	157	8.3k
Jiabao Zhang China	52	4.6k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	2.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	414 0.4×	247	8.6k
Joann K. Whalen Canada	49	5.2k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	668 0.7×	314	9.5k
Jinwei Zheng China	35	3.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	69	5.7k
Bo Sun China	50	3.5k 0.7×	2.8k 1.2×	2.9k 1.4×	1.6k 1.6×	419 0.4×	156	8.3k
Giancarlo Renella Italy	45	3.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	2.6k 1.2×	2.1k 2.1×	413 0.4×	115	7.2k
Pierre Barré France	48	4.2k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	272 0.3×	720 0.7×	154	8.6k
Sylvie Recous France	46	5.5k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	2.6k 1.3×	725 0.7×	455 0.5×	131	7.8k
Pil Joo Kim South Korea	57	2.7k 0.6×	868 0.4×	3.9k 1.9×	1.1k 1.1×	396 0.4×	290	9.2k
Jinbo Zhang China	57	6.0k 1.3×	3.1k 1.3×	4.1k 2.0×	1.7k 1.6×	401 0.4×	349	10.7k
Felipe Bastida Spain	45	3.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	236 0.2×	123	6.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Luo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Luo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Luo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yu Luo. Yu Luo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Xu, Kexin, Dong‐Xing Guan, Yiwen Liu, et al.. (2025). Contrasting effects of arsenic on mycorrhizal-mediated silicon and phosphorus uptake by rice. Journal of Environmental Management. 373. 124005–124005. 1 indexed citations

Xia, Yinhang, Peng Gao, Jusheng Gao, et al.. (2025). Covering green manure increases rice yields via improving nitrogen cycling between soil and crops in paddy fields. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 383. 109517–109517. 9 indexed citations

Wu, Xingjie, Jingjing Peng, Ashish A. Malik, et al.. (2025). A Global Relationship Between Genome Size and Encoded Carbon Metabolic Strategies of Soil Bacteria. Ecology Letters. 28(1). e70064–e70064. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Lili, Xiaonan Lu, Xing Liu, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms Associated with Lower Methane Emissions from Paddy Soil by Aged Polylactic Acid Microplastics. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(50). 27378–27392.

Fu, Yingyi, Qiang Wang, Lukas Van Zwieten, et al.. (2025). Deciphering the microbial players driving straw decomposition and accumulation in soil components of particulate and mineral-associated organic matter. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 209. 109871–109871. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Zhichao, Kai Zhang, Wei Xu, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of plastisphere microbial communities in mangrove sediments and their potential impact on N-cycling. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 196. 105929–105929. 1 indexed citations

Xue, Peipei, Budiman Minasny, Alex B. McBratney, et al.. (2023). Distinctive role of soil type and land use in driving bacterial communities and carbon cycling functions down soil profiles. CATENA. 223. 106903–106903. 20 indexed citations

Xin, Xiuli, Chang-Dong Han, Wu Xiong, et al.. (2023). Phosphorus Fertilization Boosts Mineral-Associated Soil Organic Carbon Formation Associated with Phagotrophic Protists. Microbial Ecology. 86(4). 2541–2551. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Yixin, Xiao Han, Yu Luo, et al.. (2023). A Review on Rhizosphere Microbiota of Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis L): Recent Insights and Future Perspectives. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 71(49). 19165–19188. 22 indexed citations

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Chen, Yalan, Zhangliu Du, Zhe Weng, et al.. (2023). Formation of soil organic carbon pool is regulated by the structure of dissolved organic matter and microbial carbon pump efficacy: A decadal study comparing different carbon management strategies. Global Change Biology. 29(18). 5445–5459. 89 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Yaowei, Weiqin Su, Jinbo Zhang, et al.. (2023). Nutrient availability and microbial traits constrained by soil texture modulate the impact of forest fire on gross nitrogen mineralization. Forest Ecology and Management. 541. 121067–121067. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Qiang, Zhaoliang Song, Shaopan Xia, et al.. (2023). Substrate quality overrides soil salinity in mediating microbial respiration in coastal wetlands. Land Degradation and Development. 34(15). 4546–4560. 8 indexed citations

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Fu, Yingyi, et al.. (2022). Biochar accelerates soil organic carbon mineralization via rhizodeposit-activated Actinobacteria. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 58(5). 565–577. 57 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haikuo, Yunying Fang, Baogang Zhang, et al.. (2022). Land-use-driven change in soil labile carbon affects microbial community composition and function. Geoderma. 426. 116056–116056. 28 indexed citations

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Yu, Guanghui, Yakov Kuzyakov, Yu Luo, et al.. (2021). Molybdenum Bioavailability and Asymbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Soils are Raised by Iron (Oxyhydr)oxide-Mediated Free Radical Production. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(21). 14979–14989. 30 indexed citations

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Singh, Bhupinder Pal, et al.. (2021). Nutrients addition regulates temperature sensitivity of maize straw mineralization. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 21(8). 2778–2790. 8 indexed citations

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Dai, Zhongmin, Huadong Zang, Jie Chen, et al.. (2021). Metagenomic insights into soil microbial communities involved in carbon cycling along an elevation climosequences. Environmental Microbiology. 23(8). 4631–4645. 82 indexed citations

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Liu, Yalong, Tida Ge, Zhenke Zhu, et al.. (2019). Carbon input and allocation by rice into paddy soils: A review. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 133. 97–107. 134 indexed citations

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Li, Yong, Haiyang Liu, Hong Pan, et al.. (2018). T4-type viruses: Important impacts on shaping bacterial community along a chronosequence of 2000-year old paddy soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 128. 89–99. 21 indexed citations

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Luo, Yu, Jennifer A. J. Dungait, Xiaorong Zhao, et al.. (2017). Pyrolysis temperature during biochar production alters its subsequent utilization by microorganisms in an acid arable soil. Land Degradation and Development. 29(7). 2183–2188. 70 indexed citations

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